On 11/4/19 2:22 PM, Michael Kesper wrote: >> I don't really see the problem here. And I would like to see a source >> for that 90% claim. I don't think anyone who is able to install Debian >> using debian-installer doesn't know what a floppy is. Anyone who is capable >> of creating a bootable USB flash drive will absolutely know what a floppy >> is. > > How should that be true?
Simple. Downloading an image file from the internet that matches your architecture and even finding the one with integrated firmware and writing it to a USB flash drive using tools like "dd" already requires more than basic computer skills to succeed. If you know how to do that, you know what a floppy drive is. >> I really have the impression that some people are trying with all force >> to smash out support for older architectures and hardware > > No, the support will be kept but without confusing people. No one gets confused by that. This is a completely fabricated argument. This is a change that is made for the sake of making a change. There is simply no reason to do it. And I have done enough contributions to debian-installer myself that I don't need lecturing like that. >> Debian is certainly not the distribution for Linux beginners so there is >> really no reason to pretend that such changes make any difference >> in user-friendlyness. > > Non sequitur. No, not really. It's much more of a problem: > https://www.google.com/search?q=debian+missing+firmware+problem+site:unix.stackexchange.com&client=firefox-b-d&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS5Je22tDlAhVQPFAKHak6A34QrQIoBDADegQIBhAN&biw=1920&bih=908 Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - [email protected] `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - [email protected] `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
